FIFE

British Standard Category III BRI British Standard
General Size large to medium
Head Shape round and massive with a broad skull
Nose short, broad and straight with a slight indentation, but not a stop as in the "Exotic"
Chin strong
Ears Shape small and slightly rounded at the tips. Placement set wide apart
Eyes Shape large, round, wide opened, set wide apart. Colour copper or deep orange, blue, odd eyed, green or bluegreen, green is preferred
Neck head set on a short, very strong and well-developed neck
Body muscular, cobby. Broad chest, shoulders and back strong and solid
Legs short and strong
Paws round and firm
Tail short and thick, slightly rounded at the tip
Coat Structure short and dense, not lying flat and with a good undercoat fine texture texture should be crisp to touch
Colour Eevery hair should be uniform in colour down to the roots, except in tabby and silver varieties. For colour varieties refer to the tables below

British Standard scale of points Scale of Points Points
Total 100
Head general shape, nose, jaws and teeth, forehead, chin, placement and shape of the ears, shape, size and placement of the eyes 30
Eye colour 10
Body shape, size, bone structure, shape of legs and paws, tail and its length 20
Coat colour, markings and pattern, tipping and patchingy 20
quality and texture, length 15
Condition 5

British Standard colour varieties Recognized Colour Varieties Colour EMS Code *Remarks
White BRI w 61/62/63/67 A, B, C, F, J
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream BRI n/a/b/c/d/e B
Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac tortie BRI f/g/h/j B
Smoke BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s B
Silver shaded/shell BRI n/a/b/c s 11/12 D, BRI d/e/f/g/h/j s 11/12 B
Golden shaded/shell BRI n/a y 11/12 E, H
Tabby BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 22/23/24 B
Silver tabby BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 22/23/24 62/64 B, E, H
Golden tabby BRI n/a y 22/23/24 D, G
Van/Harlequin/Bicolour BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 01/02 A, B, C, I, BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 03 B
Van/Harlequin/Bicolour smoke BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 01/02 A, B, C, I, BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 03 B
Van/Harlequin/Bicolour tabby BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 01/02 21 A, B, C, I, BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 03 22/23/24 B
Van/Harlequin/Bicolour silver tabby BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 01/02 21 A, B, C, E, I
BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 03 22/23/24 B, E
Colourpoint BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 33 F
Tabby point colourpoint BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 21 33 F

British Standard remarks *Remarks
Eye colour
A deep blue
B copper or deep orange
C odd eyed: one eye deep blue, the other one copper or deep orange
D green or blue green, green is preferred; outlined with the colour of the tipping/pattern
E green or yellowish green; preferably green
F deep blue, resulting from the Himalayan gene, to be as deep and pure as possible
Coat colour
G the tipping/pattern of the hair is dark
Misc.
H cats with green and cats with copper/orange eye colour are judged in separate classes
I all eye colour varieties of Van/Harlequin are judged in the same class
J BRI w 61/67 are judged in the same class